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Citizen of the United States of America Stephen M. St. John notes that the Talmudic Law of the Moser, or
the Law of the Jewish Informer, is essentially a covenant prohibiting a Jew from informing on another Jew to a non-Jew, which
is diametrically opposed to the adversarial process of our own legal system and therefore conducive toward obstruction of
justice. Furthermore, among employees at all levels in our intelligence and law enforcement communities, the Talmudic
Law of the Moser, or Law of the Jewish Informer, constitutes an impediment to frank and uninhibited exchanges of information
in the discharge of their duties and therefore poses a serious threat to our national security. Citizen St. John
cannot overemphasize the great importance of this very real issue of the Talmudic Law of the Moser, or Law of the Jewish Informer,
the history of which one may read in the Jewish Encyclopedia (no longer available to read online as of 14 July 2005).
In Citizen St. John's complaint of judicial misconduct docketed under Micellaneous Number 01-0030 on 1 June 2001 by the Clerk
of the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, he cites a contemporaneously published article promulgating the Talmudic
Law of the Moser, or Law of the Jewish Informer, which was written by Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
and published by The Jewish Press located in Brooklyn, New York , and is reproduced below. Again, Citizen
St. John points out that the Talmudic Law of the Moser, or Law of the Jewish Informer, is a very real issue, not unlike
the Mafioso code of Omerta. The Warren Commission was oblivious to it. So was the 9/11 Commission. We continue
to ignore this issue at our national peril. Let us address in a forthright manner this issue of the Talmudic Law of
the Moser or Law of the Jewish Informer and its legal, national security and foreign policy implications. For an overview
of the Talmud itself, and the dangers it poses to our society and the world community, visit the very excellent website www.come-and-hear.com.
For the convenience of interested readers, the above referenced article, "A Jewish Informer," by Rabbi
J. Simcha Cohen, is reproduced below in a verbatim transcript. The original article may be found on microfiche at
the Judaica Collection of the main branch of the New York Public Library, located in New York City at Fifth Avenue and
42nd Street in Manhattan. Also, Citizen St. John will provide gratis a photocopy of Rabbi Cohen's article
by mail or by fax to any reader who provides a fax number (USA & Canada only) or stamped, self-addressed envelope sufficient
for one page. Just click "Contact" in the navigation bar at bottom left and scroll down to find contact information.
A verbatim transcript of Rabbi Simcha Cohen's article "A Jewish Informer" here follows. Please note
that whereas the Jewish Encyclopedia uses the accepted spelling "moser," Rabbi Cohen goes with an alternate spelling of this
Hebrew word for informer, "mosser."
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HALACHIC
QUESTIONS
Rabbi
J. Simcha Cohen
Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
A Jewish Informer
(In commemoration of the yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Yitzhak Hutner, z"l, 20th Kislev
-- December 19.)
Question: Jewish law considers the crime of informing upon a fellow Jew a
most vile and odious sin. Why? What is the nature of the sin of the informer (the mosser) that galvanizes such
a negative reaction?
Response: The Rambam rules that an informer is not to be deemed part of Klal
Yisrael (Hilchot Mamrim 2:2). In another section, the Rambam notes that an informer is not to receive a share in the
World to Come (Hilchot Teshuva 3:12). The rationale of the Rambam, says Hagaon Rav Hutner, z"l, is based upon the following
theory: One who separates himself from the ways of the community (ha'poresh mi'darchei tzibbur) "even though he does
not sin... has no share in the World to Come" (ibid. 3:11). Thus, separation from communal standards is tantamount
to exclusion from the Jewish people. This, moreover, does not have to relate to any specific sin. Informing on
Jews, contends Hagaon Rav Hutner, is an action that goes against the essence of Jewish communal standards. It is a behavioral
pattern that is simply not Jewish. This is not what Jews do. As such, the informer (mosser) is excluded from Klal
Yisrael because of his refusal to conform to the moral character of the Jewish people (Pachad Yitzhak, Pesach, Ma'amar 63:5).
Rabbi Cohen is the Rav of the Mizrachi Kehilla in Merbourne and the author of several
halachic works, the latest being "How Does Jewish Law Work?" (Jason Aronson)
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Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen's article, "A Jewish Informer," appeared on page 49 of the 19 December 1997 issue
of The Jewish Press, 338 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11215-1897
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